[PATCH v20 3/5] arm64: kdump: reimplement crashkernel=X
Leizhen (ThunderTown)
thunder.leizhen at huawei.com
Wed Feb 16 17:57:57 PST 2022
On 2022/2/16 18:20, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 02/16/22 at 10:58am, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2022/2/14 15:53, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2022/2/14 11:52, Baoquan He wrote:
>>>> On 01/24/22 at 04:47pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>>> ......
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>>> index 6c653a2c7cff052..a5d43feac0d7d96 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>>> @@ -71,6 +71,30 @@ phys_addr_t arm64_dma_phys_limit __ro_after_init;
>>>>> #define CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX arm64_dma_phys_limit
>>>>> #define CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE
>>>>>
>>>>> +static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> + unsigned long long low_base;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + /* passed with crashkernel=0,low ? */
>>>>> + if (!low_size)
>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + low_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(low_size, CRASH_ALIGN, 0, CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX);
>>>>> + if (!low_base) {
>>>>> + pr_err("cannot allocate crashkernel low memory (size:0x%llx).\n", low_size);
>>>>> + return -ENOMEM;
>>>>> + }
>>>>> +
>>>>> + pr_info("crashkernel low memory reserved: 0x%llx - 0x%llx (%lld MB)\n",
>>>>> + low_base, low_base + low_size, low_size >> 20);
>>>>> +
>>>>> + crashk_low_res.start = low_base;
>>>>> + crashk_low_res.end = low_base + low_size - 1;
>>>>> + insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_low_res);
>>>>> +
>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
>>>>
>>>> My another concern is the crashkernel=,low handling. In this patch, the
>>>> code related to low memory is obscure. Wondering if we should make them
>>>> explicit with a little redundant but very clear code flows. Saying this
>>>> because the code must be very clear to you and reviewers, it may be
>>>> harder for later code reader or anyone interested to understand.
>>>>
>>>> 1) crashkernel=X,high
>>>> 2) crashkernel=X,high crashkernel=Y,low
>>>> 3) crashkernel=X,high crashkernel=0,low
>>>> 4) crashkernel=X,high crashkernel='messy code',low
>>>> 5) crashkernel=X //fall back to high memory, low memory is required then.
>>>>
>>>> It could be me thinking about it too much. I made changes to your patch
>>>> with a tuning, not sure if it's OK to you. Otherwise, this patchset
>>>
>>> I think it's good.
>>>
>>>> works very well for all above test cases, it's ripe to be merged for
>>>> wider testing.
>>>
>>> I will test it tomorrow. I've prepared a little more use cases than yours.
>>
>> After the following modifications, I have tested it and it works well. Passed
>> all the test cases I prepared.
>
> That's great.
>
> You might need to add 'crashkernel=xM, crashkernel=0,low',
> 'crashkernel=xM, crashkernel='messy code',low' to your test cases.
Oh, right, I will add them.
>
>>
>>>
>>> 1) crashkernel=4G //high=4G, low=256M
>>> 2) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=512M,high crashkernel=512M,low //high=4G, low=256M, high and low are ignored
>>> 3) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=512M,high //high=4G, low=256M, high is ignored
>>> 4) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=512M,low //high=4G, low=256M, low is ignored
>>> 5) crashkernel=4G at 0xe0000000 //high=0G, low=0M, cannot allocate, failed
>>> 6) crashkernel=512M //high=0G, low=512M
>>> 7) crashkernel=128M //high=0G, low=128M
>>> 8) crashkernel=512M at 0xde000000 //512M at 3552M //high=0G, low=512M
>>> 9) crashkernel=4G,high //high=4G, low=256M
>>> a) crashkernel=4G,high crashkernel=512M,low //high=4G, low=512M
>>> b) crashkernel=512M,high crashkernel=128M,low //high=512M, low=128M
>>> c) crashkernel=512M,low //high=0G, low=0M, invalid
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>> index a5d43feac0d7..671862c56d7d 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>> @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
>>>>
>>>> return 0;
>>>> }
>>>> -
>>>> +/*Words explaining why it's 256M*/
>>>> +#define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE SZ_256M
>>
>> It's an empirical value.
>>
>> 94fb9334182284e8e7e4bcb9125c25dc33af19d4 x86/crash: Allocate enough low memory when crashkernel=high
>>
>> When the crash kernel is loaded above 4GiB in memory, the
>> first kernel allocates only 72MiB of low-memory for the DMA
>> requirements of the second kernel. On systems with many
>> devices this is not enough and causes device driver
>> initialization errors and failed crash dumps. Testing by
>> SUSE and Redhat has shown that 256MiB is a good default
>> value for now and the discussion has lead to this value as
>> well. So set this default value to 256MiB to make sure there
>> is enough memory available for DMA.
>
> Then, some words like below can be added. I am not confident it's good
> enought, hope someone else can help to polish it.
>
> /*
> * This is an empirical value in x86_64 and taken here directly. Please
> * refer to code comment in reserve_crashkernel_low() of x86_64 for more
> * details.
> */
> #define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE SZ_256M
I think it's good. If no correction is made, I will use it.
"code comment" --> "the code comment"
>
>>
>>
>>>> /*
>>>> * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
>>>> *
>>>> @@ -105,10 +106,10 @@ static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
>>>> static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>> {
>>>> unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
>>>> - unsigned long long crash_low_size = SZ_256M;
>>>> + unsigned long long crash_low_size;
>>>> unsigned long long crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX;
>>>> int ret;
>>>> - bool fixed_base;
>>>> + bool fixed_base, high;
>>
>> high = false;
>>
>>>> char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
>>>>
>>>> /* crashkernel=X[@offset] */
>>>> @@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>> ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &low_size, &crash_base);
>>>> if (!ret)
>>>> crash_low_size = low_size;
>>>> + else
>>>> + crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
>>>>
>>>> + high = true;
>>>> crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> @@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
>>>>
>>>> /* User specifies base address explicitly. */
>>>> - if (crash_base)
>>>> + if (fixed_base)
>>>> crash_max = crash_base + crash_size;
>>>>
>>>> retry:
>>>> @@ -156,7 +160,10 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>> return;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
>>>> + if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && !high)
>>>> + crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
>>>> memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
>>>> return;
>>>> }
>>
>> - if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
>> - memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
>> - return;
>> + if (crash_base >= SZ_4G) {
>> + if (!high)
>> + crash_low_size = SZ_256M;
>> +
>> + if (reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
>> + memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
>> + return;
>> + }
>> }
>>
>> Looks like changing 'high' to 'low' would be more accurate. Whether crashkernel=Y,low is specified.
>
> What I menat is like below, we even can add code comment to make it more
> clearer.
OK, I got it. I'll add the necessary comments. Thanks.
>
> static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> {
>
> /* crashkernel=X[@offset] */
> ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> &crash_size, &crash_base);
> if (ret || !crash_size) {
> unsigned long long low_size;
>
> /* crashkernel=X,high */
> ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
> if (ret || !crash_size)
> return;
>
> /* crashkernel=X,low */
> ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &low_size, &crash_base);
> //case #1, crashkernel=yM,low is specified explicitly in cmdline
> if (!ret)
> crash_low_size = low_size;
> else //case #2, crashkernel=yM,low is not specified explicitly
> crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
>
> //high means crashkernel,high is specified explicitly
> high = true;
> crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
> }
>
> fixed_base = !!crash_base;
> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
>
> /* User specifies base address explicitly. */
> if (crash_base)
> crash_max = crash_base + crash_size;
> retry:
> crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, CRASH_ALIGN,
> crash_base, crash_max);
> if (!crash_base) {
> /*
> * Attempt to fully allocate low memory failed, fall back
> * to high memory, the minimum required low memory will be
> * reserved later.
> */
> if (!fixed_base && (crash_max == CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX)) {
> crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
> goto retry;
> }
>
> pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x%llx)\n",
> crash_size);
> return;
> }
>
>
> //case #3: get crashkernel from high memory through fallback, let's set crashkernel,low too.
> if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && !high)
> crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
>
> if (reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
> memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
> return;
> }
>
> pr_info("crashkernel reserved: 0x%016llx - 0x%016llx (%lld MB)\n",
> crash_base, crash_base + crash_size, crash_size >> 20);
>
> /*
> * The crashkernel memory will be removed from the kernel linear
> * map. Inform kmemleak so that it won't try to access it.
> */
> kmemleak_ignore_phys(crash_base);
> if (crashk_low_res.end)
> kmemleak_ignore_phys(crashk_low_res.start);
>
> crashk_res.start = crash_base;
> crashk_res.end = crash_base + crash_size - 1;
> insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_res);
> }
>
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> It feels like {} may need to be added here so that it is in branch "if (crash_base >= SZ_4G)".
>>> The case of "crashkernel=128M" will not fall back to high memory and does not need to reserve
>>> low memory again.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> *
>>>>> @@ -81,29 +105,62 @@ phys_addr_t arm64_dma_phys_limit __ro_after_init;
>>>>> static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>>> {
>>>>> unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
>>>>> + unsigned long long crash_low_size = SZ_256M;
>>>>> unsigned long long crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX;
>>>>> int ret;
>>>>> + bool fixed_base;
>>>>> + char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
>>>>>
>>>>> - ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
>>>>> + /* crashkernel=X[@offset] */
>>>>> + ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
>>>>> &crash_size, &crash_base);
>>>>> - /* no crashkernel= or invalid value specified */
>>>>> - if (ret || !crash_size)
>>>>> - return;
>>>>> + if (ret || !crash_size) {
>>>>> + unsigned long long low_size;
>>>>>
>>>>> + /* crashkernel=X,high */
>>>>> + ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
>>>>> + if (ret || !crash_size)
>>>>> + return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + /* crashkernel=X,low */
>>>>> + ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &low_size, &crash_base);
>>>>> + if (!ret)
>>>>> + crash_low_size = low_size;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
>>>>> + }
>>>>> +
>>>>> + fixed_base = !!crash_base;
>>>>> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
>>>>>
>>>>> /* User specifies base address explicitly. */
>>>>> if (crash_base)
>>>>> crash_max = crash_base + crash_size;
>>>>>
>>>>> +retry:
>>>>> crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, CRASH_ALIGN,
>>>>> crash_base, crash_max);
>>>>> if (!crash_base) {
>>>>> + /*
>>>>> + * Attempt to fully allocate low memory failed, fall back
>>>>> + * to high memory, the minimum required low memory will be
>>>>> + * reserved later.
>>>>> + */
>>>>> + if (!fixed_base && (crash_max == CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX)) {
>>>>> + crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
>>>>> + goto retry;
>>>>> + }
>>>>> +
>>>>> pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x%llx)\n",
>>>>> crash_size);
>>>>> return;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> + if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
>>>>> + memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
>>>>> + return;
>>>>> + }
>>>>> +
>>>>> pr_info("crashkernel reserved: 0x%016llx - 0x%016llx (%lld MB)\n",
>>>>> crash_base, crash_base + crash_size, crash_size >> 20);
>>>>>
>>>>> @@ -112,6 +169,9 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>>> * map. Inform kmemleak so that it won't try to access it.
>>>>> */
>>>>> kmemleak_ignore_phys(crash_base);
>>>>> + if (crashk_low_res.end)
>>>>> + kmemleak_ignore_phys(crashk_low_res.start);
>>>>> +
>>>>> crashk_res.start = crash_base;
>>>>> crashk_res.end = crash_base + crash_size - 1;
>>>>> insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_res);
>>>>> --
>>>>> 2.25.1
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Zhen Lei
>>
>
> .
>
--
Regards,
Zhen Lei
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